Pollinators

What are pollinators?

A Pollinator Habitat Garden is one that makes a home for native bees, butterflies, beetles, moths, and hummingbirds (for information on honey bees, refer to the Domesticated Animal section). Providing pollinator habitat on school grounds gives school children the opportunity to observe the natural world and participate in citizen science efforts. Students are engaged in a place-based exploration of their local habitat to design and plan out the habitat, culminating in planting, and observing.

So how can your school and your students implement the five key components of a pollinator habitat? See examples below: